Sideload Launcher

Sideload Launcher is a free launcher for Android TV.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.tv.sideloadlauncher

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-tv-sideload-launcher-3716555/

System Informer

System Informer is a multi-purpose tool that monitors system resources and can detect malware.

https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer

https://www.howtogeek.com/these-open-source-apps-do-what-windows-should-have-built-into-the-os-years-ago/

Flow Launcher

Flow Launcher is a free launcher and file search utility for Windows.

https://www.flowlauncher.com/

https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-windows-launcher-beats-microsofts-new-start-menu/

Ripgrep

Ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern.

https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/

https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-using-the-grep-command/

OmnySSH

OmnySSH is a free SSH/file transfer client.

https://github.com/timhartmann7/omnyssh

https://www.howtogeek.com/ive-used-putty-for-years-but-this-open-source-ssh-app-replaced-my-3-tool-setup/

Destory Any Website game

Destroy Any Website is an on-line game that allows any web site to be virtually damaged.

https://destroy.spritefusion.com/

TenBlueLinks

TenBlueLinks is a method to filter Google searches to remove AI summaries.

https://tenbluelinks.org/

Fort Firewall

Fort Firewall is a open-source firewall for the Windows platform.

https://github.com/tnodir/fort

https://www.howtogeek.com/these-open-source-firewalls-do-what-windows-defender-cant-and-theyre-free/

Nova Media Player

NOVA is an open source video player for Android.  It can be used on Android TV as well.

https://github.com/nova-video-player/aos-AVP

https://www.howtogeek.com/my-favorite-fire-tv-app-has-nothing-to-do-with-streaming/

Sefirah

Sefirah is a free utility to allow clipboard and notification sharing between a Windows PC and Android device.

https://github.com/shrimqy/Sefirah

https://www.androidpolice.com/forget-phone-link-this-ad-free-open-source-app-beats-it-in-every-category/

Multipass

Multipass is a free application from Canonical.  It’s basically a lightweight virtual machine manager: it downloads an official Ubuntu image, spins up a VM using your computer's built-in virtualization technology, and drops you into a working Linux environment with a single command.

https://canonical.com/multipass

https://www.howtogeek.com/the-company-behind-ubuntu-also-builds-these-surprisingly-useful-developer-tools/

WUView

Windows Update Viewer (WUView) is an application that displays Windows Update history. It is meant to be a lightweight application that is easy to use.

https://github.com/Timthreetwelve/WUView

Sites to check for a residential proxy

Below are some sites that will check an IP address for past residential proxy traffic.

https://check.labs.greynoise.io/

https://synthient.com/check

https://spur.us/context/me

https://whatismylocation.org/proxy-check

umbrelOS

umbrelOS is a home server distro that offers a free version that can support a Raspberry Pi.

https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel

https://umbrel.com/umbrelos

https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-umbrelos-and-its-the-easiest-option-for-a-growing-homelab/

YTubic

YTubic is a free YouTube Music desktop client for Windows.

https://github.com/NUber-dev/YTubic

https://www.androidauthority.com/ytubic-youtube-music-desktop-client-3684440/

Bulk Crap Uninstaller

Bulk Crap Uninstaller (in short BCUninstaller or BCU) is a free bulk program uninstaller with advanced automation. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal to no user input.

https://www.bcuninstaller.com/

Dusseldorf

Dusseldorf is an open source application from Microsoft.  Dusseldorf is an out-of-band application security testing platform. It captures inbound network traffic across several protocols and lets an operator craft automated responses for validation workflows.

https://github.com/microsoft/dusseldorf

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/20/microsoft-dusseldorf-out-of-band-application-security-testing-oast-platform/

GSmartControl

GSmartControl is an utility that is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on hard disk and solid-state drives.

https://gsmartcontrol.shaduri.dev/

SniffNet

SniffNet is a free and open-source network traffic monitoring tool.  It is available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet

https://sniffnet.net/

SD Maid 2/SE

SD Maid 2/SE is an open-source Android app that cleans up junk files and ghost files left by apps you have already removed.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.darken.sdmse&cjevent=76738a5a35e511f181a401850a82b832

https://www.howtogeek.com/i-freed-up-10gb-on-my-android-phone-with-this-free-open-source-app/